The Raw Feed

When bloggers collide on the streets...

2010-02-06T13:35:00.001-08:00

Blogger Mike Arrington was talking on his cell phone while driving in front of Google's headquarters this week, looking for a place to park. Another blogger named Michael Shields, who works at Google, decided to engage in an act of resistance against Arrington's cell phone driving, and stood in front of Arrington's car. What's funny is that both snapped cell phone pictures of the standoff, and both blogged it. Here's Arrington's side of the story. Here's Shields'.

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Homer Simpson gets an iPhone

2010-02-06T13:17:00.001-08:00

Laptop with see-through screen to hit within a year.

2010-02-06T13:15:00.001-08:00

Samsung’s AMOLED notebook has a see-through screen and lid. The company says the laptop will ship within a year.

Mystery Pic 109: What is it?

2010-02-05T01:00:00.000-08:00

What is it? Post your guess in the comments section below. If you're first with the right answer, you'll earn the dubious honor of getting your name in the next issue of the awe-inspiring Mike's List newsletter. The answer will be revealed in the next issue of Mike's List. Go here to subscribe. (It's free!)

China recruits moms to surf the Web for porn.

2010-02-04T08:37:00.001-08:00

The Chinese government has recruited sixty mothers to form a "Mom jury." Their mission? To surf the web in search of porn. When they find it, their job is to report it to authorities. The initiative is part of the Chinese government's "purify the social environment" campaign (not the "corrupt the mothers" campaign).

Worst USB gadget yet: Hand-cranked music box mouse!

2010-02-03T10:05:00.001-08:00

A Japanese catalog called Generate LE, which specializes in rare products, is offering a USB mouse that looks like an old-fashioned children's music box. You turn the crank to scroll, or change window size. Fortunately, they're selling only five of them. (Props to the Red Ferret)

Banker caught looking at naked pictures on live TV.

2010-02-03T09:01:00.001-08:00

A live news program in Australia interview an analyst, and used a bank's control center as a background. Unfortunately, one banker was unaware of the cameras, and was caught flipping back and forth between spreadsheets and cheesecake with some kind of boss key. (Click through for video.)

Inside the Chinese hacker underground.

2010-02-02T11:20:00.001-08:00

As I described in my Computerworld column Friday, an enormous, sophisticated and professionalized hacker industry emerging in China. The New York Times did a nice piece on the topic, and interviewed some of the hackers.

Suddenly, Gmail is a LOT more powerful!

2010-02-02T10:49:00.001-08:00

Google Labs has for months offered an optional add-on to Gmail that places a search window right there in the "Compose Mail" view of Gmail. Now they've added several powerful new features. What's new is what you can look up. Here are the new features.

Google adds search to Gmail's 'Compose Mail'?

2010-01-31T11:06:00.001-08:00

Go2web20 co-founder Orli Yakuel discovered that Google added a search window in the Gmail "Compose Mail" view. Unfortunately, it doesn't show up for me. Do you have it? Let me know in the comments area here.

Steve Jobs says Google's 'don't be evil' is 'bull****'

2010-01-31T08:44:00.000-08:00

Apple's CEO reportedly ripped into Google at an Apple town hall meeting. Here's what else he said about Google.

Prediction: Google to offer 'click to call' for PCs

2010-01-30T13:40:00.001-08:00

Google hauled its click to call program out of beta this week, enabling one-click calling of participating AdWords advertisers -- but only by smart phone users. Here's why I think a PC or desktop version is coming soon.

China develops underwater firearms.

2010-01-30T11:38:00.001-08:00

A recent documentary aired in China shows that the Chinese government has developed a range of underwater guns. There's not much detail on these other than that they appear to be based on Russian designs. I want one.

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What sort of person reads Mike's List?

2010-01-30T09:12:00.001-08:00

A person always on the go (usually going to the bank). He's not afraid to say, "look, I'm a fricken billionaire, OK? I'm so incredibly rich that I tell other people to build my dream gadgets for me, then my adoring fans pay me millions to play with them." That's the sort of person who reads Mike's List. Fact: One out of three Mike's List readers is really, really, really wealthy. The rest are just really wealthy. Get rich. Subscribe here.

The iPad goes head-to-head with a rock!

2010-01-30T08:33:00.001-08:00

(Props to TechCrunch)

Mystery Pic 108: What is it?

2010-01-30T07:55:00.001-08:00

Fake Google search engine emerges in China

2010-01-28T10:46:00.001-08:00

And it highlights why Google should leave China.

The Complete Apple iPad in 60 Seconds!

2010-01-27T12:10:00.000-08:00

In what passes for "historic" here in Silicon Valley, Apple CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled his long-awaited iPad, an iPhone-like touch tablet. You've seen the speculation, rumor, hype and baloney. Finally, here are the facts – boiled down to 60 seconds of reading.

Here's the video Jobs showed about the iPad

2010-01-27T11:57:00.001-08:00

http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video

Steve Jobs rolls out iPad (video)

2010-01-27T11:52:00.001-08:00

Links to 16 sites live-blogging the Apple event.

2010-01-27T09:39:00.001-08:00

Sneakers tweet about your walking (so you don't have to)

2010-01-27T07:47:00.001-08:00

New "Rambler" shoes connect to your cell phone via Bluetooth, and send out tweets to your Twitter feed about what's going on with your feet. The data takes the form of the words "step" and "tap," and a period when nothing is happening. So when you're sitting at your computer tapping your feet, tweets look like this: ".....tap tap tap.... tap." When you're walking, they look like this: "step step step step." This is why Al Gore invented Twitter. (Props to Nerd With Swag)

New gadget will let your dog use Twitter

2010-01-27T07:32:00.001-08:00

A new, $30 device called Puppy Tweets will monitor your dog's activities, and automatically send out messages on Twitter based on what Fido is doing. Unfortunately, the unit can only detect crude motion data, such as not moving at all, or running around. It then sends lame canned messages, such as "I finally caught that tail I've been chasing and...OOUUUCHH!" Yeah, that'll get old fast.

Worst USB gadget yet: Dead Mouse flash drive!

2010-01-27T07:27:00.001-08:00

Some dude built a USB flash drive into a taxidermied (i.e. dead) mouse. He even replaced the eyes with flashing red lights! (Props to MAKE)

iPhone app lists, tracks mobile tech rumors.

2010-01-26T05:34:00.001-08:00

Called the Prediction, a new $3 iPhone app lists and enables you to guess whether various predictions about mobile technology are accurate. Once the news hits one way or another, you can see how well you guessed.